Among the Dead: zombie mockumentary coming from Andrew Cosby and Wada Ryoichi

People of Culture Studios, a company where Andrew Cosby – co-creator of the Syfy series Eureka, serves as chief creative officer, is teaming up with Japanese talent agency Yoshimoto Kogyo to produce and finance a found footage zombie mockumentary called Among the Dead. Cosby is producing the film alongside Wada Ryoichi, whose stage play Ghost in the Box is credited for inspiring the Japanese zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead (which was recently remade as the French film Final Cut).

Variety reports that Among the Dead begins as the world finds its equilibrium after an undead apocalypse. One emotionally unstable man abandons his friends and family to go live among the last remaining zombies before they are all gone. He hopes to better understand the zombies and document their final days, but his efforts become a document of his final days instead.

Cosby wrote the screenplay with Patrick Hasson and Juan Carlos Saizarbitoria. The film is being executive produced by Labid Aziz and Mike Ikeda.

Cosby had this to say about People of Culture Studios and Yoshimoto Kogyo joining forces for Among the Dead: “Yoshimoto has such an amazing roster of talent, it provides us with endless opportunities for creative collaboration. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.“

In addition to co-creating Eureka, Cosby has worked with Malibu Comics and Dark Horse, and co-founded the comic book company BOOM! Studios. He created the comic book Damn Nation and the children’s books Dreadful Ed and Mary Scary. He co-created the short-lived Matthew Fox TV show Haunted, produced the comic book-inspired film 2 Guns, and wrote the 2019 Hellboy movie.

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